Hi all Complete species list, 71 species final tally.
Western Meadowlark House Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Mourning Dove Common Grackle Dark-eyed Junco American Robin American Goldfinch House Finch Eurasian-collared Dove Rock Pigeon Brown-headed Cowbird European Starling Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Killdeer Bluejay Rock Wren Blue-winged Teal American Avocet American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Canada Goose Baird's Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Northern Pintail Greater Yellowlegs Black-necked Stilt Ring-necked Duck Gadwall Redhead Common Merganser Cinnamon Teal Northern Harrier Tree Swallow American Coot Lesser Scaup Northern Shoveler Ruddy Duck Bufflehead Western Grebe Horned Grebe Lesser Yellowlegs Yellow-headed Blackbird Cliff Swallow Short-eared Owl Loggerhead Shrike Say's Phoebe Golden Eagle Vesper Sparrow Horned Lark Chestnut-collared Longspur Burrowing Owl McCown's Longspur Bald Eagle Mountain PLover Lark Sparrow Wild Turkey Ring-necked Pheasant Swainson's Hawk Brewer's Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Barn Swallow Canvasback Eared Grebe White-crowned Sparrow Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Northern Flicker Song Sparrow Marsh Wren Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 9:00:01 AM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote: > > Hi all > > Super group of birders Saturday for the trip. Great weather as well. We > had a spectacular showing by a unexpected Short-eared Owl. We were slowly > crawling Weld CR 41 btw 100/102 when it flushed from Rabbitbrush alongside > the road. It perched low in Rabbitbrush about 50 feet from my car on other > side of road for a few minutes for all to see then flew a little further > north to same side of road. It then flew into the west field of Rabbitbrush > and circled back to us a few times before settling down in the middle of > field behind a small ridge. Super bird to start day with. I think I saw > this guy a week earlier, too, over by Nunn Gravel Pit at Weld 37/96. > > Photos: http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/profile/admin > > Total of 70 species over weekend (61 on the trip, rest on Sunday's > outing). Highlights (new for spring): > > - Short-eared Owl [Weld CR 41 btw 100/102] > - Brown-headed Cowbird > - Rock Wren - 4 [Pawnee NG roadsides] > - Baird's and Least Sandpiper [Nunn Gravel Pit at Weld CR 37/94] > - Tree Swallow > - Barn Swallow > - Cliff Swallow > - Horned Grebe - 4 [Crom Lake] > - Loggerhead Shrike - 6-8+ > - Say's Phoebe - 4+ > - Vesper Sparrow > - Chestnut-collared Longpsur 15-20 [Weld CR 45, 59, 53, 108, 100] > - Burrowing Owl > - McCown's Longspur - 8-10+ [Weld CR 53, 108, 59] > - Mountain Plover - 2 [Weld CR 100/390] > - Lark Sparrow > - Wild Turkey - 3 > - Swainson's Hawk > - Brewer's Sparrow > - Chipping Sparrow > - Eared Grebe [Crom Lake] > - Black-crowned Night Heron [Glenmere Park] > - Marsh Wren [Weld CR 48] > > Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn > http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/bcbc4201-a5b3-4c0b-ad9f-48f35a7ee5d1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
